{"id":7414,"date":"2021-09-30T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/2021\/09\/30\/la-verita-sull-aereo-di-santa-caterina\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:16:36","slug":"the-truth-about-the-plane-of-santa-caterina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/en\/2021\/09\/30\/the-truth-about-the-plane-of-santa-caterina\/","title":{"rendered":"The truth about the plane of Santa Caterina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The truth about the plane of Santa Caterina, the German twin-engine Junker 88 crashed about two miles off the coast of Santa Caterina di Nard\u00f2, in Salento, on the Ionian side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How it sank into that stretch of sea is not known. The truth about the plane of Santa Caterina was unknown. It was searched for for many years without being found, to the point that it was thought of as a legend. The legend of a plane crashed off the coast of Santa Caterina during the Second World War<\/strong>. Only a few years ago, during a series of dives, a team of divers, led by Andrea Costantini, managed to trace his identity. It is the most widespread and effective warplane, a 15 meter long bomber with a wingspan of 20. The German twin-engine Junker 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thus began my article, published on this blog in the summer of<\/strong> 2017<\/strong>. I recounted my diving experiences in the presence of this plane on which I had dived many times. But above all, I asked myself a series of questions to which no one was able to give an answer. I would have liked to know the truth about Santa Caterina’s plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the sea hides many priceless secrets that could help us reconstruct our history. From the wrecks of wooden ships of the Greek-Roman era, sunk with their loads of amphorae and pottery, to the more modern ones, sunk during the world wars of the last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airplanes are part of these priceless treasures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Il relitto subacqueo dello Junker 88. L’aereo di Santa Caterina<\/a><\/blockquote>